Read More 1 minute read The ubiquitous “personal dispute”byHabib BattahAug 29, 2012 Scene of ‘personal’ shooting in Ouzai. Photo: The Daily Star A wave of mysterious shootings and killings have…
Read More 3 minute read It’s not just hate: Tripoli needs more reportingbyHabib BattahAug 27, 2012 Photo: Altertpak Everyday more and more news articles are telling us that Tripoli is engulfed in “a sectarian…
Read More 2 minute read They keep us guessing.byHabib BattahAug 26, 2012 photo: The Daily Star So Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, pictured here, said today security forces were “relentlessly pursuing”…
Enjoy Summer!byHabib BattahAug 22, 2012 As the crisis unfolds in Tripoli and the deaths climb to over a dozen–threatening to move the country…
Read More 1 minute read “We’re with the Army!”byHabib BattahAug 21, 2012 That’s what this Tripoli fighter told Lebanese news channel MTV. But how relevant can the army possibly be…
Read More 1 minute read Sunscreen and civil warbyHabib BattahAug 21, 2012 At the end of tonight’s exhausting newscast featuring rival militias tearing up the streets of Tripoli, army tanks…
Read More 2 minute read Why are they all smiling?byHabib BattahAug 17, 2012 So as Lebanese citizens panic after dozens of people have been kidnapped by masked gunmen, the country’s political…
IInternet Read More 9 minute read The Elusive Mr. YoussefbyHabib BattahAug 13, 2012 Published August 2012 // BOLD MAGAZINE By Habib BattahMuch of what has been said or written about Lebanon’s…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read Stereotypes in transitionbyHabib BattahAug 7, 2012 Neighborhood residents watch TV on a Hamra street corner recently. I recently did an interview with Los…
Read More 1 minute read The Good and Bad Muslims of ABC NewsbyHabib BattahAug 1, 2012 Following her interview with Bashar El Assad (and controversial favors paid to the aide that set it up), Barbara Walters…